Decorah Chautauqua Announces 1914 Lineup and Dates
Decorah business leaders form Chautauqua association to stage a high class program in July 1914. Notable attractions include Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis Judge Frank P Sadler Prof Clarence Wassam Dr John A Gray and Madam Mountford. Music by Liberati Concert Band and Grand Opera Company and other acts. lectures by Louise D McIntyre Margaret Hall and L H Maus with Children’s Hour to run daily. Dates to be announced. July 4 featured day planned.
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Decorah Chautauqua Association
Decorah
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Towa
Frank P. Sadler
Chicago Criminal Court
Clarence W. Wassam
Towa State University
John A. Gray
New York City
Madam Mountford
Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Mattison W. Chase
Chautauqua
Hoosier
Gilbert Shorter
Louise D. McIntyre
Margaret Hall
School of Health
L. H. Maus
Decorah Chautan- Fa
What Decorah Has Missed
Editorial urges Decorah residents to report scarlet fever cases promptly and follow doctor orders. Warns against concealing illness as outbreaks grow in nearby areas like Mabel and stresses public health responsibility and good citizenship.
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Decorah
Mabel
Im peachment by Wrisley Brown Ordered Printed
Government orders printing of Im peachment a sixteen page monograph analyzing impeachment of the federal judiciary. Presented Jan 1 by Senator Root the work cites author ties concisely and notes Brown as eminent author. Brown stepson of Mrs. Bessie Wolding Brown and former Decorah visitor.
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Wrisley Brown
Root
Brown
Bessie Wolding Brown
Decorah
Chickasaw voters approve consolidating districts for central school
Four school districts in Chickasaw County Fredericksburg Stapleton including districts 3 4 7 and 8 voted last week to consolidate and build a central school facility. The plan will house minor grades and two years of high school work at one site in the county.
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Fredericksburg
Stapleton
Chickasaw County
SINGERS IN CADS COMPANY ABOARD STAR OF THE SOUTH
A Civil War era letter from Luman aboard the steamship Star of the South describes a fourteen day Gulf crossing from Key West to New Orleans. He notes sick troops from poor water, singing war songs at sea, and sights including Key West, Cuba approach, the Mississippi delta, plantations, forts Jackson and Phillips, and a rebel cable across the river.
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Star of the South
New Orleans
Key West
Florida
Monroe County
Keys
Cuba
Mobile
Gulf
Larbord Watch
Mississippi Delta
Forts Jackson
Phillips
Butler
Luman
Electric Bitters touted as spring tonic for women
Mrs J C Van De Lande of Kirkland Illinois says Electric Bitter kept her from breaking down during three months nursing a relative. The ad claims it relieves fatigue digestive problems and weakness with a money back guarantee and costs one dollar at druggists.
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J. C. van de Lande
Kirkland
Ill
Green grass nears as verdant hills return in spring
New Hampton will likely receive free mail delivery by September 1. West Union signs a contract worth 61000. Burglars rob Kensett depot of 15.75. August Hillmer becomes New Hampton postmaster. Mason City district court eyes 525 new cases. Clayton county adopts patrol system for roads. Charles City bootlegger fined or jailed. Waukon drills 800 foot well. New Hampton seeks gym for public school. Waukon temps drop to 10 above zero. Clayton sheriff workload totals 2000 in county work. Elkader fair aims Arbor Day plantings April 24. I N Dale of Oakland files 22nd assessor report. Iowa-Minnesota league formed with Mason City Connie Collins in charge.
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New Hampton
West Union
Clear Lake
Kensett
Hillmer
Mason City
Clayton County
Charles City
Waukon
Elkader
I. N. Dale
Oakland Township
Howard County
Dale
Owatonna
Albert Lea
Austin
Connie Collins
Letter Locates D H Talmadge in Salem Oregon
A letter to the Republican identifies D H Talmadge as a former West Union newspaper man now in Salem Oregon as manager of the Talmadge Company printers and advertising specialists. It notes his shift from fiction writing to advertising and mentions Barker's Antiseptic as a foot odor remedy sold by a drug store.
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D. H. Talmadge
West Union
Salem
Oregon
Talmadge
Harry
Barker
Rowley Advocates Constitutional Respect and Tax Restraint
The advertisement portrays Mr Rowley as having pursued capital grounds injunctions through the courts and urges repeal of a law by the next legislature. It emphasizes strict observance of constitutional rights and tax reductions to an economical basis, with a stance against burdensome legislation.
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Rowley
Capital Grounds
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Cad’s” Company
Salem, Oregon
Peter Johnson & Sons, Inc
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
John W. Rowley
van Buren County
Keosauqua
Wewer
Marx
America
Ben Bear
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Corner Water
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